Today may be gold for Germany

After Olympic Wednesday, Germany leads the medal tally at the Winter Games. Also, on Thursday, the precious metal is within the scope of ‘Team D’. Most important dates at a glance.

What day is it for german winter sports? There were three Olympic medals to celebrate on Wednesday. First, Vincennes Geiger won Combined gold medal in Nordic, after a stellar run to catch, Then tobogganists Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt drive to Olympic victory.Second place went to Sasha Beneken and Tony Eggert.

The situation in China can continue to be similar on Thursday as well. From the German point of view, there is a re-focus on tobogganing as well as snowboarding and ice hockey. Sensational silver team starting in Olympic Games from 2018.

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T-Online provides an overview (in German time) of the most important competitions and the results that have already been determined on February 10, 2022.

2:30 am: Snowboard women, half pipe

The women’s finals were in favor of Chloe Kim (USA) and Senna Tomita (Japan). But there was also a German starter. Pulach’s lone 20-year-old Leilani Ethel in the Isar Valley made her Olympic debut, finishing eleventh. American snowboard star Kim won the gold, Spain’s Querault Castellet the silver and Tomito the bronze.

6:15 a.m.: Alpine skiing combination men’s, slalom, second round

Lena Durer just didn’t get a medal on Wednesday. The German athlete finished fourth in the slalom. A similar result would have been a success for Simon Zocher. The lone German competitor got off to a weak start, finishing only 16th in the combination in the downhill and then dropping out in the slalom. Austrian Johannes Strauss sensationally won the gold medal (read more about Here) and clearly surpassed Alexander Amodt Kilde and James Crawford in Yanqing.

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8:00 am: Women’s cross-country skiing, 10 kms

Here the German participants only had opportunities for outsiders. Katharina Hennig, Katherine Sorbre, Antonia Freibel and Laura Gimler wanted to surprise. The former put up a valiant fight, just vanishing on the podium. read more about Here,

8.20 a.m.: Snowboard men, cross

In the cross discipline, German Martin Norell leads the winter overall World Cup. But this was not enough for a medal in the Olympics. In the quarterfinals, Norel was eliminated. Second top favorite Alessandro Hammerle (Austria) took the gold ahead of Eliot Grandin (Canada) and Omar Visintin (Italy). Other German starters Umito Kirchwem (also quarter-finalist) and Paul Berg (round of 16) also missed the final.

2.10 pm: Ice Hockey Men, Germany against Canada

Ice hockey isn’t all about the medals just yet, but the 2018 German silver medalists are starting the tournament. And with a difficult task: the rival of coach Tony Soderholm’s team is Canada. The hockey powerhouse won a bronze medal at the Pyeongchang Games – and is aiming for more this year.

2.30 PM: Tobogganing mixed, relay

Germany is the big favorite here. German athletes have already won four medals in tobogganing at the Games. It is quite possible that one will be connected to a mixed relay. The quartet consisting of Natalie Geisenberger, Tobias Wendl, Tobias Arlt and Johannes Ludwig is in impressive form. Four tobogganists have already won gold medals in 2018. This time their main competitors are Austria and Italy.